Crassulacean acid metabolism

Crassulacean acid metabolism, also known as CAM photosynthesis, is an elaborate carbon fixation pathway in some photosynthetic plants. CAM is usually found in plants living in arid conditions, including cacti and pineapples.

Crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) is a carbon fixation pathway in some photosynthetic plants. CAM is usually found in plants living under arid conditions, including those found in the desert (for example, cactus).

Crassulacean Acid Metabolism (CAM) process in some plants‚ named after the plant family Crassulaceae‚ in which CO2 is stored in various organic acids for subsequent use in photosynthesis; Crassulaceae is the family to which Sedum belongs ...

Crassulacean acid metabolism
A process by which some species of plants in hot, dry climates take in carbon dioxide during the night, fixing it in organic acids; ...

Crassulacean acid metabolism An adaptation by plants living in arid environment; the C4 pathway concentrates carbon dioxide at night, and vapor exchange with the environment is curtailed during the heat of the day by closure of the stomata.

CAM See Crassulacean acid metabolism.
Cambrian A geological period of the Paleozoic beginning about 590 million years ago and lasting about 85 million years, during which time many divisions of protists occurred in the oceans.

See also: Metabolism, Photosynthesis, Plant, Cells, Stoma